Heavy rain rolling into Bay Area for afternoon commute

The Bay Area could see heavy rain Thursday night into early Friday. Steve Paulson has the forecast.

Media: KTVU

Light rain dotted the Bay Area Thursday morning ahead of heavy showers throughout the region and snow in the Sierra that forecasters expect to stretch into the weekend.

“This is just some light precipitation for now,” Anna Schneider, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey, said around 7 a.m. Thursday. “We are expecting it to maybe last for another couple hours and then looking at possibly a gap before the rest of it comes in this evening.”

Rainfall is expected to return for the afternoon commute, starting in the North Bay before reaching San Francisco by 4 or 5 p.m. Showers will spread south into Thursday night and continue Friday, she said.

Bay Area residents can expect the heaviest rain and strongest winds on Thursday night.

The Bay Area is expected to have a wet weekend while the Sierra should see substantial snowfall, meteorologists said.

The Bay Area is expected to have a wet weekend while the Sierra should see substantial snowfall, meteorologists said.